Police: Thief steals bags, then punches shopper in Roseville

Shopper confronts thief, gets hit

A woman at the Bel Air shopping center in Roseville was getting out of her vehicle Sunday when a man opened her passenger door and took shopping bags full of items she had purchased earlier, police said.

The man punched the woman at least twice after she confronted him and tried to get her shopping bags back, said Roseville police Sgt. Karl Dyer.

Dyer called the theft “brazen,” explaining that although vehicle break-ins are common during the holiday shopping season, this incident escalated to another level because the thief opened the woman’s car door while she was still at the car.